Race Passage

Race Passage (48˚18'00" 123˚32'00" Off S end of Van-couver I, N of Race Rks), Race Rocks (S of Race Passage, SE of Christopher Point). Nine-knot (17-km/h) tidal currents or “races” form in this area, especially where flows are channelled around the Race Rks. Dangerous rips and overfalls can form in Race Passage when strong winds oppose the tide. The rocks were named about 1842 by HBC officials at newly established Ft Victoria, and the name was adopted in 1846 by Capt Henry Kellett of HMS...

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